Stopper for milk-bottles.



No. 834,075. L I PATENTED OCT. 23, 1906.

ELM. PHILLIPS.

, STOPPBR FOR MILK BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY2 3, 1906.

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I ywq. 8 7 M Vim a v I By ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE STOPPER FOR MILK-BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed May 23, 1906. Aerial No. 318,359.

Patented Oct. 23, 1906.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH M. PHIL- LIPS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Glenbrook, county of Fairfield, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Stopper for Milk-Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to the class of stoppers for jars, cans, and bottles, more especially cream and milk bottles, for which Letters Patent No. 625,197 were granted to me May 16, 1899, and'my present invention is anlmprovement upon and carrying forward of said former invention, the object being to rovide a stopper of this character which sha ll have'all the advantages of my said former stopper in that it shall be perfectly tight and adapted to be easily removed without 1njury to the jar or bottle and shall be even less expensive to produce, in addltion to which I provide a sto per that shall be wholly nonabsorbent an sterile, which cannot take up any of the contents of the jar or bottle even shouldjhe latter be upset, and which cannot under any circumstances have the slightest effect upon or be in any way affected by the contents of the jar or bottle:

With I these and other objects in view I have devised the novel stopper of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, reference characters being used to indicate theseveral parts.

Figure 1 1s a plan view of a milk or cream bottle, illustrating the application thereto of my novel'stop' er; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the line 2 2 in ig. 1; Fig. 3, a section of the stopper detached; and Figs. 4 and 5 are plan views illustrating stoppers provided, respectively, with one and two removing-tabs.

My novel stopper consists of two plies only-to --wit,' a non-absorbent moistureproof and sterile 1y (indicated by 10) and'a stiffening-ply (in icated by 11) and 1s provided with one or more removing-tabs, (1ndicated by l2.) The non-absorbent molsture-proof ly is made of textilematerial saturated wit parafiin or any slmllar sterile substancethat will make. it thoroughly impervious to moisture. The stiffening-ply 1s made of paper or pasteboard, hard-finished, and may, if preferred, be made of a plurality of independent plies firmly rolled together and caused to adhere to each other. The tabs are formed integral with the two plies.

are not all used when first opened. By saturating the inner ply with parafiin or any similar sterile substance I make the stoppers absolutely impervious to moisture even should the bottles be upset, and, furthermore, insure that the stoppers will be at. all times perfectly sanitary. The tabs may be scored at the intersection with the stoppers so that they will fold inward, which permits the stoppers to be packed closely together for shipment. The stiffening-ply is made thick enough and rigid enough to give any required amount of rigidity to the stopper and tab or tabs, so that the stoppers are admirably adapted for use in closing. large-sized cans and jars. The two plies are firmly cemented or otherwise'securely united to each other, so that there will be no danger of their separating at the edges, thus insuring a eri'ectly tight closure of the 'ar or bottleancfipermitting the stoppers to e used as many times as may be requlred until the contents of the ar or bottle is used up. The edges of the stopper are of course sufficiently flexible to permit them to make a close engagement with so that air cannot enter the jar or ottle or the contents leak out under the ordina ry or evenextraordinary conditions of use. As. the'inner ply isim ervious to moisture, it is rendered lmpossib e for the stiffening-ply to become saturated with the contents of the bottle or for the contents to become tainted by any glue or cement :that maybe used in the outer ply or in securing the plies together. In use the tabs bend inward at the intersection with the body and do not interfere to'the slightest extent in making a perfect closure, thus enabling the bottles or jars to be'closed ve rapidly either by hand or mechanically an it will be understood that as the project= ing portions of the upper ply and under ply are cemented together the pullin' tab or tabs formed thereby'will be practical y a unitary structure, and therefore in pulling the stop- 90 the neck of the jar or bottle entlrely) around per from the bottle there is no liability of tearing the two plies apart and practically no liability of tearing the tabs from the plies.

1 Having thus described my invention, 0 a1m A stopper of the character described oom,

prising an upper ply of stiffening material, said upper ply being provided with a projecting portion, and an under ply of textile fabric coated with paraflin, said under ply being provided with aprojecting portion, the up- ELIZABETH M. PHILLIPS.

Witnesses:

S. G. STARR, WM. N. TRAVIS. 

